When an agent can prove it is Claude
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A site that wants to let an AI agent act has a problem it rarely says out loud. It cannot tell which agent is actually at the door. A user-agent string is just text, and anything can send it. An IP range drifts as providers move their infrastructure around. So the site guesses, and the guess collapses into one of two bad defaults. Block too much, and the helpful agent never reaches the page. Trust too much, and anything wearing the right header walks straight in. What the tag actually is Web…
1Key Takeaways
- A site that wants to let an AI agent act has a problem it rarely says out loud.
- It cannot tell which agent is actually at the door.
- A user-agent string is just text, and anything can send it.
- An IP range drifts as providers move their infrastructure around.
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that a site that wants to let an AI agent act has a problem it rarely says out loud.
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